Perpetuating a false meme: al Qaeda wants the U.S. to pull out of Iraq

all intelligence points to the fact that al qaeda wants nothing more than for the u.s. to REMAIN in iraq... why...? think about it... it's no mystery... every iraqi that gets killed can be used to create a fresh wave of fervor for the insurgency and attract more volunteers to the cause of the global jihad against the western "satan..." do i think a precipitous pull-out is wise...? probably not, but, given how badly broken the system there is at this point, i fail to see how we stand any chance of setting things right - assuming we even WANT to, which is something i don't believe the bush cabal has any desire to do, despite their protestations to the contrary... meanwhile, peter bergen of the new america foundation, falls right into line with bushco's false meme, that pulling out of iraq would only serve to strengthen al qaeda...

A total withdrawal from Iraq would play into the hands of the jihadist terrorists ... [and] would fit all too neatly into Osama bin Laden’s master narrative about American foreign policy.

there's more, but why waste bandwidth... the new america foundation is home for steve clemons, the publisher of the washington note weblog... i am beginning to have more and more doubts about both that organization and about steve, some of which i expressed the other day concerning his recommendation of project for the new american century signatories for important state department vacancies... now this...

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